Hinge



. S. N. CRANE.

HINGE Patented Dec. 31, 1889.

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SAMUEL N. CRANE, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,332, dated December31, 1889.

Application filed December 13, 1888- Serial No. 293,660- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. CRANE, a citizen of the United States,residing atBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New.

York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hinges, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to prevent the unshipping or displacing ofthe parts of a hinge when in operation or position; and it consists inthe construction and combination hereinafter described. I attain thisresult by the mechanism and combination illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

which Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

Figures 1 and 2 represent hinges in position, wherein- G indicates thewall or casing, and H the shutter or door. The hinge comprises the twoplates or leaves E and F, each provided with base plates at right anglesthereto, adapted to be secured, respectively, to the shutter and wall orcasing. The plate F carries a fixed pintle, and the plate E is providedwith an eye or socket whereby it may be swiveled on the pintle of theplate F.

The letterAindicates what I term a guard, which consists of a flat barof wrought, cast, or malleable iron, or other metal, of such length andso shaped as to form a head B for attachment to the wall or casing, anda flattened foot 0, having in its underside agroove D, whereby it isadapted to rest on the pintle and above the plate, and thereby preventthe parts of the hinge from being unshippcd.

Bv loosening slightly the screw which atfixes the guard A to the wall orcasing at B the end O of the guard can be dropped to either side of thepintle F and the parts of Witnesses:

ALEXANDER B. CRANE, ROGER V. BONNELL.

